Why We Can't Stop Making Bad DecisionsBad DecisionsThree cognitive biases are responsible for over 80% of the poor decision making in business: availability knowledge of how real the risk is, overconfidence this one speaks for itself, and loss aversion (we hate to lose a lot more than we love to...
Electrode Inc was right in dismissing Christopher because if they had dithered, then there was the danger of more staff falling victims to his borrowings. Worse still, Christopher may have undermined the company by moonlighting with rival organisations, or tapping into Electrode's revenues. Manager KK Ong was right...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the July/August issue Speak Out, Ms. Lin Wilwol stated her opinions about good-looking women in gun ads. You asked to hear what young people had to say about this. Here it is. Ha PROBLEM! I am a 15-year old boy who's just recently gotten a...
I disagree with Mr. Smith about a thumb safety on the XD (Reality Check, Sept/Oct). I have permit to carry and there is no way I am going to stick a gun inside my belt with a so called Trigger Safety, which has a history of accidental discharges (can you...
LOS ANGELES AP -- The Orange County Register ended up in the headlines this week after a judge barred the newspaper from covering testimony in a $100 million lawsuit filed against it by newspaper deliverers. The ruling, which is being appealed, was quickly denounced by some of...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The McCain-Palin campaign is "moving on many fronts" to stall an investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused the power of her office by firing her public safety commissioner, Alaska lawmakers said in a court filing Thursday. The filing is in response to a...
HOUSTON -- The Gulf Coast Advisory Board, a member council of the Texas Diversity Council, will host their "5th Annual Best Practices & DiversityFIRSTTM Awards Luncheon" on Thursday, October 2, 2008, featuring a diverse group of presenters and participants with diverse ethnicities, backgrounds and experiences. This year's event will be...
We have terror war, recession, Wall Street turmoil, financial chaos, Washington and Sacramento deceit and corruption, energy crisis, crucial elections, questionable media bias, gay marriage, illegals, possible California bankruptcy, record national deficit and debt, foreclosures, unemployment, higher tax and fee proposals, and much more! Now we the...
Completely Biased Comedy To Blow The Lid Off The Urban Experience In Modern America NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- David Alan Grier adds a new flavor to COMEDY CENTRAL with "Chocolate News," an outrageous, character-driven sketch magazine series debuting Wednesday, October 15 at 10:30 p.m. ...
GENEVA, Sept 24, 2008 AFP — The UN Human Rights Council voted Wednesday to adopt a report of inquiry that says the Israeli shelling of a Palestinian village in which 19 people died could be construed as a war crime. The 24-page report on the November 8, 2006...
A report released today by a prominentnational Islamic civil rights and advocacy group shows an increase inAmerican Muslim complaints of workplace bias in 2007. The Council on American-Islamic Relations' CAIR report, called "WithoutFear of Discrimination," outlines 2,652 incidents and experiences ofanti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in 2007. That is thehighest...
Reveals Gross Misrepresentation of Religion, History and Social Studies SAN FRANCISCO -- The Institute for Jewish & Community Research IJCR today announces the release of The Trouble with Textbooks: Distorting History and Religion by Dr. Gary Tobin and Dennis Ybarra. The five-year study of 28 history,...
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Social Security Barney v. Astrue 07-CV-49 Judge Skretny Background: The plaintiff filed suit challenging the denial of his claim for disability benefits. The disabilities alleged involve a...
It's probably not a good idea - even as a joke - to ask a human resources person applying for a job the age question. Asking about age is illegal because age discrimination is illegal, under federal law. Now a Blue Bell communications company, which employs 5,000 technicians nationwide, is...
IF REGGIE is a basketball star, then younger brother Bryan could become a global star! Bryan, 21, is an R'n'B singer who has just signed a contract with the famous Def Jam label in the States. "Bryan won a baseball scholarship back home - he was...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A financial behemoth, feeling pressure from its competitors, starts to take bigger risks in its investments, including buying shaky mortgage loans that have been packaged together. The firm never analyzes the packaged loans to see how risky they are -- instead relying on the false consolation...
I'M unapologetic to say that I'm a white, female, college-educated Republican in this great city - born and raised middle-class on the same street my parents still live on and that our wonderful Mr. Speaker, State Rep. Denny O'Brien R himself lives on. I used to be a Democrat because...
IMPRESSIVE INTERVIEWS: YOUR POCKET-SIZED PERSONAL INTERVIEW TRAINER Deborah Barit, Leichchardt: A&A Book Publishing, 2007, 108pp., ISBN 978-0-9803523-0-6 This compact and practical 'how-to' book covers some key essentials which will assist the job candidate whose interview is imminent and who needs to come to...
CAREER ENDEAVOUR: PURSUING A CROSS-CULTURAL LIFE TRANSITION Charles P. Chen, hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006, 164pp., ISBN 978-0-7546-4621-1 Charles Chen states that the purpose of this book is to illustrate the complexity of life career transition in the context of cross-cultural adjustment. To...
SPORT ON TV The European Ryder Cup players, poor petals, were reportedly a bit miffed to be playing in front of a partisan American crowd, who had the temerity, the sheer gall, to cheer for their own side. Blasted colonials. It makes you...
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